Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 2025-02-25, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

On 2025-02-25, John McCue <jmccue@reddwf.jmcunx.com> wrote:

Ar Rakin <rakinar2@onesoftnet.eu.org> wrote:

Hello there,
 
I've been writing C code for a long time, in different styles, but
always wanted to know which code style most people prefer. This is all
about that question. Which one of the following do you prefer the most?

>
GNU Style for me.

>
OP didn't properly characterize GNU style.
>
GNU style is actually something like this:
>
 if (flag)
   {
      switch (state)
        {
          case 42:
            {
               state = 73;
               break;
            }
        }
    }
  else
    {
      statement;
    }
>
Four space indentation, but braces half-indent by two spaces.

>
Which is one of the goofier styles I've seen.  Although I don't recall
ever seeing it actually done that way, even in gnu code.

GNU code in official GNU projects is full of it. I picked this
file just now at random: hash.c in GNU Make:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/src/hash.c

Let's hit something else at random. How about GNU Emacs.
Being a Lisp guy, eval.c catches my eye:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/src/eval.c

Goofy indents again.

GNU Bash, sig.c:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/sig.c

Oh, look!